Petroleum Engineering and Entry Requirements | First Technical University, Ibadan

First Technical University Petroleum Engineering
Studying to becoming a Petroleum Engineer require a lot of dedication and hard work. Students must have interest in the extraction and exploration of oil and gas. Students must also be intelligent to do series of research, the type that can improve the exploration of oil and gas in term of safety, efficient and cost effectiveness.

Teaching and learning Petroleum Engineering at First Technical University, Ibadan was introduced immediately after the establishment of the school. The programme is designed to produce highly skill petroleum engineering graduates by exposing students to the basic and applied engineering course couple with extensive laboratory and on field practical works and industrial training to have hand on experience on how things are done in real petroleum engineering world.

Students of this programme are eligible to specialise on Reservoir Engineering, Petroleum Production Engineering, Drilling Engineering, Economics and Petroleum Property Evaluation and Natural Gas Engineering toward the end of their study.

Listed below are the minimum entry requirements to study Petroleum Engineering at First Technical University, Ibadan and it includes the O'Level subjects combination and JAMB subjects combination.

Ordinary Level (O/Level) Candidates

To be eligible to srudy Petroleum Engineering at First Technical University (FTU) an applicant must have sat for and passed one or two of the following O'Level examinations.
  • West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE)
  • General Certificate of Examination (GCE) O'Level and 
  • Senior Secondary Certificate Examination (SSCE) 
The applicant must have credit passes in at least five subjects which must include:
  • Mathematics
  • English Language
  • Physics
  • Chemistry and one other science subjects 
  • Biology
  • Technical Drawing
  • Further Mathematic.
The five credit passes must be at not more than two sittings.

JAMB/UTME Examination

The applicant must sit for JAMB coordinated Universal Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME), making the required cut off mark:

JAMB/UTME Subjects Combination

  • Mathematics
  • Physics
  • Chemistry and
  • English Language


First Technical University Post UTME

Having been successful in the JAMB/UTME, applicant must also participate in the FTU post UTME and make the required scores for the Petroleum  Engineering programme.


Direct Entry Requirements

These following qualifications are accepted to 200 level of Petroleum Engineering at First Technical University, Ibadan.
  • GCE Advance Level (A/L): three (3) good passes in Mathematic and Physics and Chemistry
  • National Diploma (ND): Upper Credit in Petroleum Engineering or other relevant engineering programme from FTU or other goverment approved institution
  • Higher National Diploma (HND): applicant with HND in Petroleum Engineering or other relevant programme with minimum of Upper Credit may be considered for admission to 300 level of Petroleum Engineering.
Petroleum Engineering at First Technical University is a five (5) programme for students who were admitted to 100 level, leading to the award of BSc degree in Petroleum Engineering. 

The programme is approved by the National University Commission (NUC) and fully accredited by the Council for the Regulation of Engineering in Nigeria (COREN)

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